“The American Constitution is a fundamentally bad and flawed document that excluded the majority of the population from political participation and protected the interests of the economically advantaged.” Please write an argumentative essay that responds to this anonymous statement. Please be sure to critically engage and include citations from Plato’s “Apology,” “Declaration of Independence,” “The Articles of Confederation,” Federalist 10 and Federalist 51, the “US Constitution,” Douglass’s 4th of July speech, and references to two current events. Please be sure to have a thesis statement and to refute counter arguments. You must have at least one full page where you refute possible objections to your argument. If your last name starts with A – L, argue that the US Constitution is a bad and fundamentally flawed document because it is undemocratic. Be sure to provide specific evidence. If your last name starts with M – Z, argue that the US Constitution is a good document because it is democratic. Be sure to provide specific evidence to back up your argument from the reading material (e.g., citations).

http://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/plato/plato-apology.asp.